An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...

Long ago, a planetary object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have once visited the solar system and altered […] The post ...

Titan is the only moon in our solar system with a significant atmosphere. Now we have a very good idea of how this dense ...

Ever since Isaac Newton famously talked about gravity, its dominance as a force in our solar system has been well known. It's ...

When you first learned about the Solar System, you probably saw diagrams that made it look orderly, with planets arranged in ...

A new study claims it is possible an "alien visitor" could have warped our solar system during its earliest years.

Simpson and Chen ran mathematical models looking at how differently sized Earth-like worlds would have affected the rest of ...

The enormous visitor to our solar system may have been about 8 times the mass of Jupiter, and come nearly as close to the sun ...

Storm damage has driven up insurance costs, making it harder for some projects to stay affordable. Scientists develop ...

Jan. 15, 2025 — New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike anything found in the Solar System. This provides another piece of the puzzle to ...

Further simulations on flybys into the inner Solar System revealed one of our own planets might be flung out of the ballpark ...

As hailstorms become increasingly frequent and severe, utility-scale solar farms face significant risks of damage and ...